Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea, Paperback - Richard Henry Dana

Reducere. In 1834, Richard Henry Dana Jr. left the comforts of Boston for the hardships and abuses of the most exploited segment of the American working clas...

Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea, Paperback

Reducere. DescriptionThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.Th...

Reducere. This special edition of TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST includes updates 24 and 76 years after the initial voyage. Richard Dana writes so that the reader...

Reducere. A true story of the battered life of a foremast crewman, Two Years Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana's classic travel narrative, which inspired...

These are the Journals of Francis Davies Leading Shipwright RN when on board Captain Scott's "Terra Nova" British Antarctic Expedition 1910 - 1913,...

A fascinating insight into the lives of the men who served on the Mary Rose.Publisher: Oxbow BooksNumber of pages: 760Publication date: 2021Dimensi...

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Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Richard HoughNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 128 x 197 x 28Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedesc...

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Reducere. A riveting WWII account of survival at sea--Book 4 in the middle grade True Rescue series from Michael J. Tougias, the author of the New York Times...

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The challenging results of two decades of painstaking international research into the earliest stages of life

Reducere. A valuable new companion journal for the best-selling Falling Upward In Falling Upward, Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks...

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Reducere. 'Lord of Hosts The Life of Sir Henry "Chips" Channon' by Richard Carreño is the first full-length biography of the controversial Anglo-American mem...

Reducere. First published in 1921, this book contains the memoirs of Pierre Gilliard. Pierre Gilliard (1879 - 1962) was a Swiss author and academic famous fo...

The stunning heart-warming memoir about two doctors, a husband and wife, coming to terms with a devastating diagnosis.

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Reducere. A best seller of its time, Olaudah Equiano's story of his life as a slave in the second half of the eighteenth century continues to this day to aid...

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The Finds Liaison Officer for Wiltshire documents some of the incredible hoards discovered in the county.Illustrations: 150 Illustrations, unspecified

Reducere. In Falling Upward, Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves of life and to show them that those who have gone ''do...

Reducere. For the first time, Richard O'Brien has collected hundreds of articles and features he wrote for various toy soldier collecting magazines in one co...

4.6 billion years of the story of life on Earth, in 52, 000 words. Brief, brilliant and entirely gripping.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Henry ...

Reducere. When Corrie ten Boom was in her late forties, she became part of the underground Christian resistance movement during World War II when Hitler's ar...

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DescriptionCombining exquisite natural history with beguiling autobiographical and historical narrative, a portrait of a fish whosestory is closely...

Publisher: Pearson Education LimitedAuthor(s): Michaela MorganNumber of pages: 24Collection: BUG CLUBPublication date: 2010Dimensions: 169 x 126 x ...

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Moominpappa is feeling at a loss. He has no idea what to do with himself - it seems everything has already been done! So he takes his family off to...

The true story of Tom Fitzhigham's successful attempt to become the first person in history to row the English Channel in a bath. A celebration of ...

A collection of mini-adventure stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, now updated with two new stories; including...

Discover all the foul facts behind the story of Britain and Ireland's seafaring heritage in this brand new Horrible Histories book. In Horrible His...

Discover all the foul facts behind the story of Britain and Ireland's seafaring heritage in this brand new Horrible Histories book. In Horrible His...

Reducere. First published in 1834, "A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett" is the autobiography of the famous American folk hero Davy Crockett, often ref...

This is a very different book from the traditional speed-merchant genre. In his book Take Risk! Richard Noble tells the extraordinary stories of hi...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Richard HoughNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 33Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedesc...

It's the late 1960s - a decade of Mods and Rockers; Beats and Hippies and full of peace and love. Aged seventeen, John Cooke ventures out on the ro...

A reassuring picture book that's perfect for young children waiting for a new sibling to arrive, with beautiful illustrations by Faye Hanson. Ages:...

Andrew Greig embarked on a 'micro-odyssey' that took place from Stromness, Orkney to the Island of Cava, Scapa Flow on a single voyage, one evening...